Starring Parker Sawyers (Southside With You), Max Deacon (Into the Storm), and Morfydd Clark (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) The Call Up comes from the producers of sci-fi thriller The Machine and is the debut feature from writer/director Charles Barker. The Call Up hits UK cinemas on May 20th before coming to DVD/Digital on May 23rd, courtesy of Altitude.

When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it’s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister.